Thorington Tower

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Thorington Tower
Elevation 3,155 metres (10,352 feet)
Location Alberta, Canada
Range Sir Winston Churchill Range
Coordinates 52°21′30″N, 117°30′10″W
Topo map NTS 83C/05
First ascent 1967 by Don Lashier and Charlie Raymond
Easiest route rock/snow climb

Thorington Tower is a mountain located near the north branch of Lynx Creek in Jasper National Park. Mount Palmer lies 1½ km west of the tower. The mountain was named in 1967 after J. Monroe Thorington, an American ophthalmologist who climbed extensively in the Selkirks and the Canadian Rockies during the 1920s and 1930s. First ascent was by Don Lashier and Charlie Raymond in September 1967.

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